Juarin grins quietly in his corner, watching the warforged slowly come to terms with his plans. He follows along pleasantly, even at being called dangerous, because he knows that things are still moving along at the pace they were intended to. At the mention of seeking allies, however, he stops short and speaks up in a commanding tone which he did not intend, "No. Allies will not be needed here." Noticing his slip, he returns to more docile tones before continuing with his reasoning, "My friends, I just mean that seeking out allies would delay this mission even longer and leave your brethern at the mercy of the Karrnathi slave-masters even longer."
"I had not hoped to destroy this fortification. It would be foolish to try -- even the Karrnathi need protection from the horrors of the Mournland, and Fort Zombie appears to not be enough. I merely hoped to liberate their indentured workforce and, as you say, give them a choice as to where they spend their freedom. Hopefully some of them will appreciate our sacrifice and come here to help us. Whatever the slaves do with their freedom, it will be better than slavery."
"However, I digress. We do not need allies, because the job is not so difficult as to require them. The Prince of Cyre has his own problems with running New Cyre and is well out of the way of the lightning rail path that must be taken. While I believe that our two struggling communities may well come to some sort of beneficial agreement in the future, I do not think that now would be such a good time."
"You must take the Lightning Rail from Sharn to Thaliost, where the broken bridge will force you to cross Scions Sound to Rekkenmark by other means. This will be a difficult crossing, and no amount of help from New Cyrans could assist you. Ideally you would like to do this with as little attention as possible, and telling someone that you are going to do it does not help matters."
"From Rekkenmark, you will be able to take the Karrnathi Lightning Rail to Fort Zombie, and hopefully go quickly by foot the remainder of the way."
"Again, wasting time seeking allies would be a hindrance to your journey. They could not help, as you are more than capable of completing this task yourself or I would not have asked it of you. Also, the city of New Cyre is off the beaten path, and would require you to travel 200 miles off of the lightning rail track each way just to reach. This is time we can ill afford."
Juarin returns to his pensive, observing stance and hopes that the warforged understand his insistence, and his reasoning.
ooc: Yeah. Juarin is alot of talk. If I start doing this with all of my NPCs... tell me, I may not notice. Not everyone should talk this much, but Juarin does.
